| Bib ID |
2698388 |
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Audio, Online [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
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| Online Versions |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
1980
2 tape reels (ca. 60 min.) : analog, mono. ; 5 in.
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| Summary |
Brown, veteran of the Boer War and World War I, speaks about serving in the Boer War in the Cape Mounted Rifles; diamond mining in South Africa; African wildlife; travelling to Cape Town from England by sailing ship; life in London in the late nineteenth century; his family background; coming to Australia in 1906; working as a bricklayer for the railways; diamond mining in the Kimberley Mine; the story of how Cecil Rhodes would compete with Barney Barnado for the best diamonds; seving in World War I in Egypt and Gallipoli with the First A.I.F.; Barnato's drinking problem; how he heard through his regiment that Breaker Morant had actually deliberately killed 3 or 4 Boer prisoners despite the allegations of political corruption; Eighteenth Battalion; Baden-Powell; lawn bowls; and the future of Australia.
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| Notes |
Brown's housekeeper Mrs Helen Randal speaks several times during the interview.
Recorded in North Sydney, New South Wales on 2 October 1980.
Also available online via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn2698388
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary and transcript available (typescript, 29 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Brown, John, - 1881-1981? - Interviews. | Barnato, Barney, - 1852-1897 - Anecdotes. | Rhodes, Cecil, - 1853-1902 - Anecdotes. | Morant, Breaker, - 1864?-1902 - Anecdotes. | Veterans - Australia - Interviews. | South African War, 1899-1902 - Personal narratives. | England - Social conditions - 19th century.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Bennetts, Neil, Interviewer | Randal, Helen, Interviewee
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